Where does “Stand” come from?

Stand (German) comes from Old High German stand, from Proto-Germanic standaz.

Stand (German): standing, state, status, position, situation;...

Definitions

  1. standing, state, status, position, situation;...

Ancestry of “Stand”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old High Germanstandstand
2Proto-Germanicstandaz

Words derived from “Stand

Every word from Proto-Germanic standazEvery word from Old High German stand
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